Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 January 2012 (WA 140), 30 January 2012 (WA 298–300), 10 July (HL828) and 28 July (HL1115), whether they have reviewed the way in which honours lists reflect the distribution of people in the community deserving of a knighthood or damehood, in the light of 30 per cent of those receiving such honours in the last 10 lists being styled "Professor".

Every five years the Cabinet Office conducts a review to examine the allocation of honours. The Quinquennial Review is guided by the priorities set by the Prime Minister and any changes to the sizes of the workforces in each sector of the economy. The last review of the honours system took place in December 2012.